I’ve been designing and making websites for a living since 1994.
I studied music at Berklee College of Music in Boston, then studied programming and ended up in Dallas TX working for H. Ross Perot at EDS. Went back to Boston and played in rock bands . Toured a bit throughout New England and some southern states.
In 94 I started making websites and a company was formed in a vacant room of a large house in Allston, MA . Met up with Aerosmith and talked them into letting us do their first website. Then came Phish, MMW, Blue Note Records, and the Rolling Stones. We made an e-commerce package for non-techies and a web portal to host them. In 2000 the company was bought and we became employees of a large Canadian company, hired 60 people, got an office upgrade, I got married and had two kids.
In September 2001 we all got laid off and I’ve been freelance ever since.
I now live in Pittsburgh and work at home enjoying a 30 second commute. I have 30+ clients who I do design, development, maintenance and consulting for. I’ve been very lucky.
Non Critical Data
BS Software Engineering – Colorado Technical University
Diploma – Computer Tech., Pittsburgh, PA
Two Semesters – Berklee College of Music, Boston, MA
Daughter: Cori Ann Sheppard – born February 7, 2000
Son: Nolan Charles Sheppard – born January 26, 2002